Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Coosa Co., Alabama, USA

mindat Locality ID: 27019
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27019.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coosa Co., Alabama, USA": 142
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 130

Number of Child Localities: 62
Child Localities:
Abrams Mine
Alabama Tin Belt
Alexander City
Alexander City Quarry (Granite Products)
Alum Bluff Prospect
Bentley Prospect
Bradford
C. C. Duke Property
Ceylon Mine
Clarke Prospect
Coosa 2 Clay Prospect
Coosa County District
Coosa Tin Belt
Coosa-Chilton
Cowart No. 1 Mine
Cowart No. 2 Mine
Dean Prospect (MRDS - 10256844)
Dean-Coosa Prospect
Dennis Mine
E. E. Brown Prospect
Elkhatchee Quartz Diorite
Epps Mine
Equality
Eureka White Marble Company Quarry
Gold Branch
Gold Ridge Prospects
Goodwater
Goodwater Mine
Goodwater Ultramafic Complex
Grimes Iron Ore Mine
Hachet Vein Mine
Hertzfield Mine
Higgins Ferry Formation
Hissop
Hissop Granite
Ivey Mine
K. V. Penton Mine
labama Tin Belt
Mitchell Dam Amphibolite
Moriah
Mount Moriah Church
Old Will Bentley Land Prospect
Quincy
Rockford District
Rockford Granite
Speed
Talledega Group
Unnamed Copper Prospect
Unnamed Iron (MRDS - 10233019)
Unnamed Iron (MRDS - 10257812)
Unnamed Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10100318)
Unnamed Locality (1)
Unnamed Locality (2)
Unnamed Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10081302)
Unnamed Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10081303)
USGS MR-60 Alabama No. 5 Prospect
USGS MR-60 Alabama No. 6 Prospect
USGS MR-60 Alabama No.4 Prospect
Weogufka
Weogufka Creek Prospect
Weogufta
Williams Pegmatite

Latitude: 32°56'52"N
Longitude: 86°17'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.947777777778,-86.293055555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Arthurite	Autunite	Beraunite	Beryl	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Columbite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Halotrichite	Hureaulite
Kaolinite	Laueite	Lazulite	Leucophosphite	Lipscombite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rockbridgeite	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Stewartite
Strunzite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Triplite	Turquoise	Vivianite	Wavellite	Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al Au B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si Sn Ta Ti U V Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Fe H Mo Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Arthurite Autunite Beraunite Beryl Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Columbite Copper Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Halotrichite Hureaulite
Kaolinite Laueite Lazulite Leucophosphite Lipscombite Meta-autunite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Olivine Phosphosiderite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rockbridgeite Rutile Spinel Staurolite Stewartite
Strunzite Topaz Tourmaline Triplite Turquoise Vivianite Wavellite Zircon

65 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Augite ()*	Autunite ()*
Barbosalite ()*	Bermanite ()*	Beryl ()*	Birnessite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Corundum ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Dravite ()*	Eleonorite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrisicklerite ()*	Fluorwavellite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Heterosite ()*	Hureaulite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laueite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Lipscombite ()*
Lithiophorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rockbridgeite ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stewartite ()*
Strunzite ()*	Topaz ()*	Triphylite ()*	Triplite ()*	Turquoise ()*
Vivianite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Wodginite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	5	126047,126048,126051,126108,126109	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	126036,126063,126086,126109	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	126053	1310
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	126047	2060
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	126063	1272
Barbosalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	126114	43
Bermanite ()*	Arthurite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	2	126086,126114	55
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	9	126041,126042,126054,126062,126063,126086,126087,126090,126114	4286
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1	126114	178
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	2	126086,126114	280
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	37	125979,125980,125981,125982,125983,125989,126012,126054,126055,126056,126057,126059,126060,126061,126063,126065,126066,126067,126068,126069,126070,126071,126072,126073,126074,126075,126076,126077,126078,126079,126080,126081,126082,126083,126084,126086,126088	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	125993	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	126033,126092	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	126047	1025
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	3	125986,125990,126054	1797
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	126114	599
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	126047	327
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	126107	648
Eleonorite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	126086	51
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	126030,126036	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Ferrisicklerite ()*	Olivine	Li_1-x(Fe³⁺,Mn²⁺)(PO₄)	1	126114	108
Fluorwavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₂F·5H₂O	1	126103	26
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	126037	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	9	125988,125996,125997,125998,126003,126004,126009,126010,126032	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	10	125992,126015,126017,126018,126020,126029,126033,126035,126106,126110	2812
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	125988	409
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	126047	741
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	2	126086,126114	204
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	126114	125
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5	126023,126038,126042,126044,126064	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	126053	1507
Laueite ()*	Laueite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	2	126086,126114	70
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	1	126114	110
Lipscombite ()*	Lipscombite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	126114	47
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	126063	210
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	126036,126096,126097	14899
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	126086	388
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	126043,126063,126086,126089	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	14	125988,125992,126015,126017,126022,126023,126027,126038,126042,126044,126054,126063,126064,126087	17380
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	3	126086,126087,126114	182
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	125980,125988,125991,125992,126004,126009,126037,126063	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	126091	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14	125988,125989,125992,125997,125998,126003,126004,126032,126038,126042,126044,126063,126090,126113	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	2	126086,126114	206
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	125992,126015,126017,126049,126110,126111,126112	253
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	126034,126040	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	126003	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	126049,126107	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	126063	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	126034	978
Stewartite ()*	Stewartite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	2	126086,126114	48
Strunzite ()*	Strunzite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	2	126086,126114	98
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	3	126054,126055,126063	1476
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	1	126114	313
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	1	126086	233
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	126113	484
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	126063	636
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	126113	374
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	1	126063	78
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	126063	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	126047	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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